Shorter Jason Kenney
I hate everything and everybody but I sure love to spend their money. But, of course, isn’t that true of most of these Harpercons and those Rethuglicans south of the…
2011
Will Your Next Banana Be Chiquita?
Mine will be, given that the Harper government, aided by by one of its fronts, ethicaloil.org, has issued a fatwa against the company for its resolve not to use tarsands…
A binding guarantee may be provided by an email
Pintar v. Consolidated Wholesale, 2011 ONCA 805 is a good source for the principle that a guarantee, which of course must be in writing, can be provided by email. The Court writes: There…
Letter to Supporters: We only have 24 hours
We only have 24 hours until key matching support ends. Please sign up now to avoid missing this opportunity. Become a monthly donor in the next 24 hours and indie…
Modest Inflation Outstrips Wages and Canada Social Transfer
Statistics Canada reported today that the annual inflation rate remained 2.9% and the Bank of Canada’s core rate remained 2.1% in November. The monthly increase in consumer prices slowed to…
Allan Joseph MacEachen is a lion of Canadian politics
Born July 6, 1921 MacEachen is a many-time Cabinet minister, a retired Senator and was Canada's first Deputy Prime Minister. First elected in 1953 under the leadership of Prime Minister…
Conservatives going ‘bananas’ over non-use of tarsand oil
Apparently, some Conservative ministers are either bored in Ottawa as Christmas approaches, or they’re trying to seek out new “enemies of Canada” to demonize. The new foe of Canada is…
Do Bananas Have Libel Lawyers?
I can’t find it anywhere. h/t
Breaking news from the DFO
Statement from the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Keith Ashfield, on Negative Infectious Salmon Anaemia Test Results in British Columbia Salmon “After Canada’s reputation has needlessly been put…
I agree with Stephen Harper: Kim Jong-il violated the basic rights of the North Korean people
When he's right he's right: http://natpo.st/trjQ7B "Prime Minister Stephen Harper also weighed in on the issue and said North Korea should "close this sad chapter in its history" following the…
Jesus visits the Denver Broncos
I’ve been without TV for the last three months, so I haven’t witnessed all the miracles Jesus has performed on behalf of the Denver Broncos and Tim Tebow, but I…
Nalcor and the Muskrat alternatives #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Nalcor’s capital works submission to the public utilities board for 2012 included a last-minute addition of an upgrade to the power lines that connect the Avalon peninsula to the rest…
An accord imposed
One would think that healthcare accord negotiations would be a difficult task, slated to take place over the course of the remaining two years of the current accords, with discussions…
Jim Flaherty Joins the GOP in Bid to Stick it to Workers
I can understand now why Stephen Harper claims to only watch American news. How else can his government follow the trends, though the GOP are lagging? Jim Flaherty announced an…
Ah… les Habs…
Stay classy, Quebec nationalists, stay classy… Maybe they should worry more about winning a few hockey games. Geoff Molson, owner of the Montreal Canadiens, released a statement Monday afternoon saying…
National Post poll bad news for Alberta Tories … in the unlikely event it’s right
A word of advice, boys: don’t bet all your kibbles on the results of a one-day demon-dialer poll! Alberta political analysts or the chances they take may not be exactly…
Great American Debate (With a Poll!)
Hard to believe that’s not necessarily an oxymoronic construction, I know, despite the terminology having been debased by countless so-called “debates” as part of the contrived circus/televised horse-race that is…
Lullaby Monday….
AllThePickingThatFits SelfTaughtVille Back when I was a younger whipper-snapper and I was kinda/sorta fighting with my department head for all the usual reasons that young whipper-snapper junior faculty do, I…
Japan’s F-35 Cost OVER 50% Higher Than Conservative "Figures"
Canadians have a basic RIGHT to know the true cost of expenditures, particularly massive ones, like the biggest military procurement in our history. Anyone who follows the F-35 story has…